[Python-Dev] Draft PEP for time zone support. (original) (raw)
Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Thu Dec 13 09:38:01 CET 2012
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On 12/12/2012 11:32 PM, Janzert wrote:
On 12/13/2012 1:39 AM, Glenn Linderman wrote:
On 12/12/2012 6:10 PM, Janzert wrote:
On 12/12/2012 8:43 PM, Glenn Linderman wrote:
On 12/12/2012 5:36 PM, Brian Curtin wrote:
>> C:\ProgramData\Python
^^^^^ That. Is not the path that the link below is talking about, though. It actually does; it is rather confusing though. :/ I agree with the below. But I have never seen a version of Windows on which c:\ProgramData was the actual path for FOLDERIDProgramData. Can you reference documentation that states that it was there, for some version? This documentation speaks of: c:\Documents and Settings\AllUsers\Application Data (which I knew from XP, and I think 2000, not sure I remember NT) In Vista.0, Vista.1, and Vista.2, I guess it is moved to C:\users\AllUsers\AppData\Roaming (typically). Neither of those would result in C:\ProgramData\Python. The SO answer links to the KNOWNFOLDERID docs; the relevant entry specifically is at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457.aspx#FOLDERIDProgramData which gives the default path as, %ALLUSERSPROFILE% (%ProgramData%, %SystemDrive%\ProgramData) checking on my local windows 7 install gives: C:>echo %ALLUSERSPROFILE% C:\ProgramData C:>echo %ProgramData% C:\ProgramData
Interesting. It did say something about data that is not specific to a user... and yet I overlooked that.
Those environment variable settings are, indeed, on my Win 7 machine, so I have erred and apologize.
That said, the directory C:\ProgramData does NOT exist on my Win 7 machine, so it appears that VERY LITTLE software actually uses that setting. (I have nearly a hundred free and commercial packages installed on this machine. Not that 100 is a large percentage of the available software for Windows, but if the use was common, 100 packages would be likely to contain one that used it, eh?).
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